Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis is a chronic demyelinating disease. It is the most common chronic Central Nervous System disease among young adults in the United States, with an estimated 1.3 million people worldwide (Heine, M., Rietberg, M. B., Wegen, E. E., Port, I. V., & Kwakkel, G., 2012) . MS has several forms and a variety of symptoms. One of the most common forms of MS is relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). RRMS is a type of MS that has periods of flared symptoms, followed by a time of…

Tay Sachs Disease is a genetic disorder where the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cords are destroyed. Although anyone can carry this genetic mutation, it is most common of people with Ashkenazi Jewish background. Approximately 1 in every 27 of their population carries the gene for Tay Sachs. The gene mutation that can cause Tay Sachs is the HEXA gene. The chromosome that contains the gene is chromosome 15. At least one or both HEXA needs to be active so that so that the body can produce…

of Jean-Martin Charcot, he named the disease that would eventually become known as “Multiple Sclerosis”. Multiple Sclerosis, or MS, is an autoimmune disease that makes your body attack the covering of the axons of the nerves, known as the myelin sheath, in the brain and along the spinal cord. This can cause a disruption in the communication between the brain and the rest of the body. ("Multiple Sclerosis Information Page.") This can lead to generalized pain, visual disturbances/blindness, and…

This proposal is driven by a specific clinical scenario- the patient with orthodontic appliances (braces) undergoing MRI of the brain in whom the ferromagnetic braces result in significant degradation in B0 homogeneity and cause significant signal loss in regions immediately adjacent to the oral cavity (e.g. facial structures and orbits) as well as image distortion over variable portions of the brain. These image distortions are most pronounced at the base of the brain, the brainstem, and the…

In this study, the following terms were conceptually defined to improve the understanding of this research work. Sarcoidosis. The universal definition of this term is “a chronic disease of unknown cause characterized by the enlargement of lymph nodes in many parts of the body and the widespread appearance of granulomas derived from the reticuloendothelial system.” In the context of this research, this is the disease being focused on. Neurosarcoidosis. The dictionary defined the…

The human body contains a bundle of nerves which serve as a communication board for the motor functions of the body, as well as its sensory system (F. Sarhan, D. Saif, A. Saif, 2013). The spinal cord encompasses 31 different nerves (F. Sarhan, D. Saif, A. Saif, 2013). When there is damage to one or any of the spinal cord nerves, this can comprise the relay of the motor and sensory messages coming to and from the brain, causing major deficits in these areas (F. Sarhan, D. Saif, A. Saif, 2013).…

Multiple Sclerosis is a lifelong disease , more common in the young adult region. Multiple sclerosis is a disease of unknown cause that affects the nervous system . It can affect your vision , strength , coordination , speech , bladder control , sensation , or other faculties concerned with the eyes , brain , or spinal cord . Both men and women are affected in these cases one gender is not only attacked . The severity of problems that occur…

Disease spreads panic and despair, yet with a recovery they spread joy and hope. Two diseases that are similar and yet so dissimilar are Transverse myelitis and Optic neuritis. Both diseases are neurological and known to be connected to MS (multiple sclerosis). MS is a disease in which the nerves of your brain and spinal cord are inflamed and damaged. Optic neuritis is the inflammation of the optic nerve, which is the nerve that connects what a person to sees to their brain. Transverse…

Multiple Sclerosis is an autoimmune disease that causes a disruption of the myelin sheath that insulates and protects nerve cells in the brain and spine. It is an abnormal response in the body in which the immune system’s T-cells pass from the bloodstream into the nervous system to attack the myelin sheath around nerve cells. Myelin sheath are essential to the body for the nervous system to function appropriately. They are a fatty white substance that encompass a nerve cell to form an…

Mastering Multiple Sclerosis Multiple Sclerosis is a nasty disease that can leave the person who has the disease immobilized. My dad has Multiple Sclerosis and it makes it very hard for him to walk and get around. It’s hard to see him struggle to walk me down the field for parents night. There is no current cure for Multiple Sclerosis and the only thing doctors recommend are medication to ease the symptoms, but there could be a better way to reverse the disease and stop its progression.…